EP2644082A4 - ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - Google Patents

ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE

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Publication number: EP2644082A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: endoscopic device; endoscopic
Prior art date: 2011-09-14
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP12832041.3A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2644082B1 (en

EP2644082A1 (en

Inventor

Kimihiko Naito

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Olympus Medical Systems Corp

Original Assignee

Olympus Medical Systems Corp

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2011-09-14

Filing date

2012-07-19

Publication date

2014-01-15

2012-07-19 Application filed by Olympus Medical Systems Corp filed Critical Olympus Medical Systems Corp

2013-10-02 Publication of EP2644082A1 publication Critical patent/EP2644082A1/en

2014-01-15 Publication of EP2644082A4 publication Critical patent/EP2644082A4/en

2014-09-03 Application granted granted Critical

2014-09-03 Publication of EP2644082B1 publication Critical patent/EP2644082B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2032-07-19 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00064—Constructional details of the endoscope body
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00064—Constructional details of the endoscope body
- A61B1/00066—Proximal part of endoscope body, e.g. handles
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00064—Constructional details of the endoscope body
- A61B1/00071—Insertion part of the endoscope body
- A61B1/0008—Insertion part of the endoscope body characterised by distal tip features
- A61B1/00089—Hoods
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/00131—Accessories for endoscopes
- A61B1/00137—End pieces at either end of the endoscope, e.g. caps, seals or forceps plugs

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Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Surgery (AREA)
Biomedical Technology (AREA)
Medical Informatics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Pathology (AREA)
Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
Biophysics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
Molecular Biology (AREA)
Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Public Health (AREA)
Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
Endoscopes (AREA)
Instruments For Viewing The Inside Of Hollow Bodies (AREA)

EP12832041.3A 2011-09-14 2012-07-19 Endoscopic device Active EP2644082B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP2011200982		2011-09-14
PCT/JP2012/068345 WO2013038806A1 (en)	2011-09-14	2012-07-19	Endoscope device

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2644082A1 EP2644082A1 (en)	2013-10-02
EP2644082A4 true EP2644082A4 (en)	2014-01-15
EP2644082B1 EP2644082B1 (en)	2014-09-03

Family

ID=47883048

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP12832041.3A Active EP2644082B1 (en)	2011-09-14	2012-07-19	Endoscopic device

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
US (1)	US8882659B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP2644082B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP5290482B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN103338691B (en)
WO (1)	WO2013038806A1 (en)

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- 2012-07-19 WO PCT/JP2012/068345 patent/WO2013038806A1/en active Application Filing
2013
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP2644082B1 (en)	2014-09-03
US8882659B2 (en)	2014-11-11
JPWO2013038806A1 (en)	2015-03-26
JP5290482B1 (en)	2013-09-18
CN103338691B (en)	2015-05-13
CN103338691A (en)	2013-10-02
US20130231531A1 (en)	2013-09-05
WO2013038806A1 (en)	2013-03-21
EP2644082A1 (en)	2013-10-02

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